Tesseme Darge was the daughter of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie, prince of Selale.
[1] She was a cousin to Emperor Menelik II.
She married Wagshum Hailu, chief of Lasta, in 1868.
[2] They had a son in 1881, Kassa Haile Darge.
She later divorced and married Welde Tsadiq.